# गृह्णाति
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti) — Rigvedic

### Alternative scripts

* গৃহ্ণাতি (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬺᬳ᭄ᬡᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* গৃহ্ণাতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰴𑰮𑰿𑰜𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀾𑀳𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဂၖဟ္ဏာတိ (Burmese script)
* ગૃહ્ણાતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਗ੍ਰਹ੍ਣਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦽꦲ꧀ꦟꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑃂𑂯𑂹𑂝𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಗೃಹ್ಣಾತಿ (Kannada script)
* គ្ឫហ្ណាតិ (Khmer script)
* ຄ຺ຣິຫ຺ຓາຕິ (Lao script)
* ഗൃഹ്ണാതി (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᡵᡳᡥᢏᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘵𑘮𑘿𑘜𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠷᠢᠾᢏᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧖𑧎𑧠𑦼𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐺𑐴𑑂𑐞𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଗୃହ୍ଣାତି (Odia script)
* ꢔꢺꢲ꣄ꢠꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆸𑆲𑇀𑆟𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖴𑖮𑖿𑖜𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ගෘහ‍්ණාති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩙𑪂 𑪙𑩪𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚩𑚶𑚘𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* க்³ரிஹ்ணாதி (Tamil script)
* గృహ్ణాతి (Telugu script)
* คฺฤหฺณาติ (Thai script)
* གྲྀ་ཧྞཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒵𑒯𑓂𑒝𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨼𑨉𑨱𑩇𑨘𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥bʰnáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab, seize”). See गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇāti) for cognates.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡr̩ɦ.ɳɑ́ː.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡr̩ɦˈɳɑː.t̪i/

### Verb

गृह्णाति • (gṛhṇā́ti) third-singular indicative (class 9, type P, root ग्रह्)
* to grab, seize, take by the hand
* to grasp
* to capture, take prisoner, take captive

#### Derived terms

* उद्ग्राहयति (udgrāhayati)
* उद्गृह्णाति (udgṛhṇāti)
* ग्राहयति (grāhayati)

#### Related terms

* ग्रहण (grahaṇa)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Indus Kohistani: ghin-
** Kamkata-viri: gin-
** Khotanese: گنِک (ganik, “to seize”)
** Kashmiri: ginnu
    Arabic script: گِنُّ
    Devanagari script: गिन्नु
** Phalura: ghin-
** Shina: گنیک (ginóĭki), گݨیک (giṇóĭki)
** Torwali: gin-
** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: gin-
* Kholosi: genai
* Pali: gaṇhāti, gahessati
* Prakrit: 𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀇 (gaṇhaï)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Early Assamese: ঘেনাইব (ghenaibo)
**** Odia: ଘିନିବା (ghinibā), ଘେନିବା (ghenibā)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: घिन्न्णू (ghinnṇū)
***** Churahi: घिन्णा (ghinṇā)
***** Jaunsari: घीन्णोँ (ghīnṇō̃)
***** Pangwali: घिन्णा (ghinṇā)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Lahnda: گھنݨ (ghinnaṇ), گھدھا (ghiddā)
***** Punjabi: ghinnaṇā
    Gurmukhi script: ਘਿੰਨਣਾ
    Shahmukhi script: گھِنَّݨَا
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: g̠iṇhaṇu, g̠iddhā
    Arabic script: گِڻهَڻُ, گِدڌَا
    Devanagari script: गिण्हणु, गिद्धा
****** Jadgali: [script needed] (ghinṇu)
****** Kachchi: ગિન્ણૂ (ginṇū)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ގަންނަނީ (gan̊nanī)
**** Sinhalese: ගන්නවා (gannawā)
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑁂𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀇 (geṇhaï), 𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀇 (gaṇhaï)
**** Konkani: ghevce
    Devanagari script: घेव्चे
    Latin script: ghevche
    Kannada script: ಘೆವ್ಛೆ
**** Marathi: घेणे (gheṇe)
* Prakrit: 𑀕𑀳𑀇 (gahaï)
** Central:
*** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
**** Old Awadhi: गहइ (gahaï)
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: gahnā
***** Hindi: गहना
***** Urdu: گَہنَا
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Bihari:
***** Maithili: गहब (gahab)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: gahiṇā
    Gurmukhi script: ਗਹਿਣਾ
    Shahmukhi script: گَہِݨَا
** Southern:
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Konkani: gheṇẽ
    Devanagari script: घेणें
    Kannada script: ಘೆನೆಂ
    Latin script: ghennem
**** Marathi: घेणे (gheṇe)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: ગ્રહવું (grahvũ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “गृह्णाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 371, column 2.